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Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Kevin Fey
, Untitled (Cyan)
and
Untitled (Red)
, 2015, epoxy resin on canvas, 48 x 36 in each
KEVIN FEY: DOUBLE RESOLVE
MARCH 12 - APRIL 16, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 12, 6-9 PM
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
is pleased to present DOUBLE RESOLVE, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles based artist KEVIN FEY, on view from March 12 - April 16. An artist reception will take place on Saturday, March 12th,
from 6 - 9 pm.
Reflective and discretely minimal in their vibrancy, Kevin Fey's paintings u
tilize the architecture of the space to activate a
phenomenological experience of
the work. Installed above and below eye level, leaning or perpendicular to another panel, or hung "straight" on the wall, the paintings disrupt traditional considerations to engage the viewer in a physical experience. Standing before a painting, one becomes keenly aware of the shifts that take place between the figure/ground relationships of the canvas to the wall, the first-person experience of the viewer to the painted object, and the conscious awareness of the person to their own physicality and equilibrium.
Fey's ability to manipulate
the relatively passive experience of sensory perception starts with a rectangular canvas, which he carefully paints with a single pour of epoxy resin in a single color.
He intervenes into the pristine, almost intangible surface with a rigorous handling of tape, sandpaper, and steel wool, turning the surface of each canvas into a field of alternating bands of flat and reflective color. This results in a literal marring of foreground and background, further disrupting the relationship between the surface and the physical "objecthood" of the canvas. Yet, Fey's activity also unionizes the physical with the cerebral. The sheen of epoxy reflects its light onto the opposite wall or an adjacent canvas, softly interposing the space with a double.
Kevin Fey,
Untitled (LA Light Blue Stripe), 2015, epoxy resin on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Positioned in a content-heavy culture of mass imagery, Fey's paintings opt for the true minimalist aesthetic moment, revitalized through the subjectivity of color in space. Distilled but never static, it resists a fixed tonality of reds, soft greens, blues and purple. Instead, color becomes incidental, rendering abstraction as it's own commanding agent. Rather than abstraction of object, place, or any visual content of externalized substance, these are paintings of abstraction itself - as color, as pour, as gesture.
Kevin Fey received his BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He has had solo exhibitions in New York City and has participated in a number of group exhibitions. Additionally, Fey has served as a guest lecturer at UCLA.
For further information and images, please contact the gallery at
310-838-6000
, or email [email protected].
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is located at 2685 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 6pm, and by appointment.
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2685 S LA CIENEGA BLVD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90034
T 310 838 6000
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